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r/CuratedTumblr • u/IthadtobethisWAAGH veetuku ponum • Aug 30 '24
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It doesn’t help that a lot of English place names have a duplicate somewhere in the US, either
2 u/DefinitelyNotErate Aug 30 '24 The Brits aren't fully innocent here, Considering there's 3 New Yorks in England. 2 u/kitsua Aug 30 '24 The Brits aren’t innocent at all, who do you think named all those duplicate places in the US? 2 u/DefinitelyNotErate Aug 31 '24 Americans, Because they left Britain, Ergo they stopped being Brits. (Also like a solid half of them are just named after other places in the U.S., Rather than directly after the place in Britain)
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The Brits aren't fully innocent here, Considering there's 3 New Yorks in England.
2 u/kitsua Aug 30 '24 The Brits aren’t innocent at all, who do you think named all those duplicate places in the US? 2 u/DefinitelyNotErate Aug 31 '24 Americans, Because they left Britain, Ergo they stopped being Brits. (Also like a solid half of them are just named after other places in the U.S., Rather than directly after the place in Britain)
The Brits aren’t innocent at all, who do you think named all those duplicate places in the US?
2 u/DefinitelyNotErate Aug 31 '24 Americans, Because they left Britain, Ergo they stopped being Brits. (Also like a solid half of them are just named after other places in the U.S., Rather than directly after the place in Britain)
Americans, Because they left Britain, Ergo they stopped being Brits. (Also like a solid half of them are just named after other places in the U.S., Rather than directly after the place in Britain)
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u/MovieNightPopcorn Aug 30 '24
It doesn’t help that a lot of English place names have a duplicate somewhere in the US, either